Forests evolve over centuries, and it takes a commitment to long-term research to understand these complex places.

With $439.7 million in competitive research grants and contracts in 2019, a 15% increase over the last fiscal year, Oregon State continues to lead the way in practical, problem-solving research that improves lives, protects natural resources and drives economic growth to transform our future for the better.

The OSU Research Agenda, integrated with the university’s Strategic Plan, guides faculty inquiry in three signature areas:

Advancing the Science of Sustainable Earth Ecosystems

Improving Human Health and Wellness

Promoting Economic Growth and Social Progress

Oregon State’s researchers are top-ranked in their fields, hold leadership positions in international and national professional organizations and have earned prestigious honors.

Oregon State scientists study the planet and its inhabitants, from the biggest marine mammal to the tiniest phytoplankton. Scroll through a trove of Terra stories about climate change and wildfire, ocean acidification and oysters, rangeland management and endangered grouse, coral reef decline and lionfish invasions, wave energy and tsunamis and much more.

Robots, unmanned helicopters, underwater gliders and satellite tracking are a few of the technologies under development by scientists and engineers at Oregon State. They’re designing tools so businesses can grow, farms and ranches can thrive, workers can prosper, forests can flourish and families can be secure.